Joe Simms serves as co-chair of the company's African Ancestry Network and contributed to the company's 10 Commitments to Racial Equity and Social Justice.
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According to STAFDA’s announcement, North Carolina and the city of Charlotte have restrictions related to Covid-19 making it “impossible for STAFDA to plan or move forward with its meeting.”
Shipping logistics and other supply chain challenges are dominating the focus of fastener distributors and manufacturers, panelists of a National Fastener Distributor Association presentation stated.
“Inflationary pressures, particularly in steel and freight costs, continue to be felt by many respondents,” according to R.W. Baird analyst David Manthey. “Additionally, supplier lead times remain very extended, leaving some respondents concerned about their ability to meet future demand.”
“Prices for April and the 2nd quarter of 2021 may have left no margin for further decline,” a steel plant director told Fastener World.
Novaria acquired The Young Engineers, which designs and manufactures aerospace fasteners and inserts, as well as other aircraft hardware.
Jen Kushnir is sales manager for DLP Coatings and Jan Morr is regional sales manager at Würth House of Thread, a WINA company
Jan Morr has been in the fastener industry for 11 years and is vice president of Women in the Fastener Industry.
Expect 2021 to be a year of economic recovery and positive business cycle, Alex Chausovsky of ITR Economics said in a virtual presentation to the National Fastener Distributors Association.
Ohio-based ABC is part of the Altenloh, Brinck & Co. Group of Germany, which was founded in 1823.
Olander Company will conduct a webinar on patch products and microspheres and the relationship with thread profiles, clamp loads and vibration.
Founded in 1981, Connecticut-based NEFCO has a fastener division and 13 Eastern seaboard locations.
Founded in 1988 by Loren O’Brien and the late Steven Johnson in Minneapolis as an industrial and construction supply distributorship, today B&F has 200 employees at 14 locations in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Nebraska and the Dakotas.
Sims joined Martin in 2018 as director of operations and became fastening GM in 2019.
REMINC’s licensed products include Taptite thread-forming screws for metal applications.
The Industrial Fasteners Institute will mark its 90th anniversary during a newly scheduled May 23-25 meeting in Arizona.
Due to COVID-19 health concerns and worldwide travel restrictions, Messe Düsseldorf India postponed the Wire India trade show.
Status recognizes Supply Technologies, a subsidiary of ParkOhio, as a top supplier of Stanley Engineered Fastening’s products to customers across the UK.
Begun in 2019, the 20,000 sq ft expansion triples the facility’s office space and doubles the manufacturing space and distribution footprint.
“Relocation of our production units in Taiwan and the USA has gone according to plan, and we still see potential in synergies with our acquired company PSM, which has now been fully integrated in the Bulten organization,” stated CEO Anders Nyström.